Black-throated Blue (Female)

(Setophaga caerulescens)

Where: Richmond, VA • Glidewell Rd.

Notes: It was a busy spring at my backyard watering hole again this past spring. It was worth my efforts to sit and wait patiently in the blind as I was rewarded time after time. With each chip note calling from the massive White Oak above, came the hope of a new visitor. There is certainly a bit or randomness to the flow of species as they pass through on their way to their northern breeding grounds. Some migrants, like the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, I have been Blessed with almost every spring. But each year something new seems shows up. This year it was a Hooded Warbler, which was a new yard species for us. We were on the screened-in porch when it passed through the backyard, so I did not get the opportunity to photograph it, but maybe next year.